2021 Volume 37 Issue 3 Pages 102-108
Abstract At the Asahi University School of Dentistry, we have offered hands-on training in microscope use since 2018 as an optional program for undergraduate students in clinical practicum training in the Department of Endodontics. In this study, we investigated the impact on learning effectiveness of advance study using an e-learning system and active learning through group work and group training.
There were 27 applicants for the 2019 training session. The participants were encouraged to study in advance using an e-learning system (Moodle). At the start of the session, we measured the time taken to focus at maximum magnification on the palatal root of a maxillary left first premolar attached to a model jaw (focus adjustment time). The participants then spent the next 30 minutes in group work, after which the focus adjustment time was measured again. They then received feedback from an instructor and engaged in group training, before the same measurement was taken again.
The time required to focus was significantly lower at the end of the training compared with at the start. The results following the group work were equivalent to those at the end of the previous year’s training session, and those after the group training were equivalent to those of the instructors.
Advance study and group work in this training session showed substantial effectiveness for learning microscope operation.
